Thursday, November 16, 2006

Neither "When in Rome..." Nor "If You Can't Beat 'Em...", But in a Similar Vein

So I'm talking about a househusband who's cooped up at home because of a week-old child and another with The Pox. He just has to, you know, get out of the house, he's been looking after, you know, the kids from day to day, he's been washing the dishes, screwing around and watching Sesame Street and he's going CRAZY!

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So unable to escape these walls for the past few days, I've really been hankering for a meal away from home. However, due to The Pox: no go.

So, in an act of ingenuity, desperation, or pure lunacy, I specifically set about to recreate a meal this evening from Rix. Gaze, if you will, upon the bounty on my table that includes a Cheese and Salsa Burger (partially eaten), Steak Fries, and a Summit India Pale Ale. Gone already is my Feta Cheese and Onion Salad with Mixed Spinach Greens (really, I had one, I swear!). And, lest you think that my current state has got me "pulling a Michael Jackson" over here, that's not my sippy cup.

So...bottoms up from northwest Minneapolis, and hope to talk to you again someday when I can Step Out beyond only in my dreams.

9 comments:

Pat said...

Hilarious.

What was everyone else doing?

Dan said...

Well, you can sort of see the others in the shot. Lucy was having the same, minus IPA but plus a mound of ketchup, part of a wheat bagel with cream cheese, and some Nantucket Nectar juice. Sharon, minus IPA but plus honey mustard dressing on her salad and plain water.

C.F. Bear said...

Things could get better if you gave Lucy the Pale Ale? She would have to sleep it off. It could give you countless hours of freedom. ")

Or You could get yourself plastered and passout on the floor. Let Lucy take care of you for awhile? ")

Pat said...

Good parenting advice there - something more likely to come from someone in my position.

C.F. Bear said...

What position? Drunken architect?

Dan said...

Not a Pale Ale. An India Pale Ale.

No alcohol in the sippee cup. As I said, I'm not "Michael Jacksoning" over here.

Pat said...

Childless drunk.

C.F. Bear said...

I had no idea what you were talking about when you referenced Micheal Jackson and a sippy cup. Did he in fact give children alcohol in sippy cups? Creeps me out thinking of him. I would never assume you to be anything like him.

Mixdorf, I got it right away. I knew what position. Just having some fun.

Dan said...

He did, in fact, give alcohol to kids in sippee cups. Almost worse (not really, but kind of) is that he gave himself alcohol in sippee cups.